Confirm which version of UFC 4-010-01 the contract invokes, since WBDG’s reissued digital edition is now titled Antiterrorism, Force Protection and Security Engineering and absorbs the former UFC 4-020-01. Then trace the project’s antiterrorism criteria into the site plan’s standoff and unobstructed space, the glazing and door schedules, the structure at additions and overhangs, and the mechanical and mass notification systems. AI can flag conflicts; the designer of record and the installation’s antiterrorism officer decide compliance.
What does UFC 4-010-01 cover?
The digital UFC 4-010-01 states that its purpose is to establish project-specific antiterrorism, force protection, and security engineering design criteria during planning, so the project is scoped and funded adequately. Its chapters cover aggressor threats and tactics, protective systems, developing design criteria, the minimum antiterrorism standards for buildings, and design strategies.
WBDG’s UFC 4-010-01 page shows the criteria as active digital UFC content first published July 2, 2026, with the current version dated September 30, 2026, and a companion supplement, UFS 4-010-01. Its text states that it reissues and cancels the December 12, 2018 edition (Change 3, May 24, 2024) and supersedes UFC 4-020-01. Checked October 15, 2026. Contracts awarded earlier may still invoke DoD Minimum Antiterrorism Standards for Buildings; record the version the task order names.
The minimum standards chapter addresses standoff distance, unobstructed space, entrance layout, parking beneath buildings, overhangs, roof access, structural isolation, exterior masonry walls, glazing, exterior doors, mail rooms and loading docks, emergency air shutoff, and mass notification. The UFC 1-200-01 guide explains when the building code sends a project to these criteria.
Gather the site, envelope, and systems documents
Collect the design criteria naming the UFC version and any project-specific threat or level of protection, the site plan with parking, roads, and the controlled perimeter, the architectural plans, elevations, and wall sections, the window and door schedules with glazing types, the structural drawings for additions and overhangs, the mechanical drawings for air intakes and emergency shutoff, and the mass notification drawings.
Security-sensitive criteria may be distributed outside the public UFC. Upload only what your contract and security rules allow.
Trace antiterrorism criteria across disciplines
| Review question | Sources to compare | Decision to record |
|---|---|---|
| UFC version and criteria | Task order, design criteria, code analysis | Confirm one UFC 4-010-01 version and the project-specific criteria it produced. |
| Standoff and unobstructed space | Site plan, civil plans, landscape plans | Check that parking, roads, and obstructions are dimensioned against the standoff the criteria require. |
| Glazing | Window schedule, curtain wall details, specifications | Confirm the glazing type in every schedule and section matches the criteria, including the pane order in insulated units. |
| Doors and entrances | Door schedule, entrance plans, hardware | Match exterior doors and entrance layouts to the criteria the project applies. |
| Structural isolation and overhangs | Structural drawings, architectural sections | Find additions, overhangs, or connections that the criteria ask to be isolated or analyzed. |
| Air intakes, shutoff, and mass notification | Mechanical drawings, fire alarm and mass notification drawings | Confirm emergency air shutoff and mass notification are drawn and specified. |
Glazing continues in the glazing specifications guide, mass notification in the UFC 3-600-01 guide, and site layout in the civil and site checklist.
Example: a window schedule that misses the criteria
Hypothetical example. The design criteria apply the minimum antiterrorism standards to a new barracks. The specification calls for laminated glazing, but the window schedule lists one window type as standard insulated glass with no laminated pane, and the wall section shows the same type at the ground floor facing the parking lot.
The specification and design criteria require laminated glazing, but window type W4 on the schedule and wall section is standard insulated glass. Confirm the glazing for W4 and coordinate the schedule, sections, and specification.
The architect confirms the glazing with the installation’s antiterrorism reviewer and corrects the schedule. The finding is a document conflict, not a blast analysis.
Review antiterrorism criteria with Groundbook
Upload the current drawings and specifications to Groundbook, and state the edition, amendments, and review scope in your instructions. Add UFC 4-010-01 from WBDG, which publishes it free, and the project’s design criteria, uploading only documents your contract and security rules allow.
Compare the design criteria, site plan, architectural plans, elevations, wall sections, window and door schedules, structural drawings, mechanical drawings, and mass notification drawings. Flag a conflicting UFC version, glazing or door types that differ from the specification and criteria, undimensioned standoff, and missing emergency air shutoff or mass notification. Use the supplied UFC 4-010-01 and cite both sources.
Groundbook links each potential finding to the sheets and documents involved. It does not perform blast, standoff, or progressive collapse analysis.
Document review does not establish a threat, certify protection, or replace the designer of record, the antiterrorism officer, or the DoD authority.